Featuring all new stories from the Asylum inmates: Steve Mannion
(Fearless Dawn, Fear Agent) delivers a nod to Moebius in Prayer… a Fearless
Dawn yarn, William Broad gives us Priests of the Black Death
where an order of the Templars has become corrupt and power hungry…for satanism
and witchcraft! Dwayne Harris (Black Powder, Amnesia) serves up the post
apocalyptic action thriller Dangerous Curves. Frank Forte and Tim Vigil
(Faust, Gothic Knights) drops a sick and twisted tale entitled Allison, David
Hartman (Phantasm V, Transformers:Prime)
delivers a short horror story entitled Pond
Scum where hillbillies hunt for an illusive bog creature. Hilary Barta churns up an EC-styled
sci-fi/horror piece called Evaluation, Robert
S. Rhine (Girls and Corpses) and Frank Forte (Asylum Press) knock out a tale of
crazed sideshow freaks tabbed Separation Anxiety, Elizabeth J.
Musgrave (Hell Comes to Hollywood, Farmhouse)
conjures an erotic robotic thriller LUST, Lingerie and Diodes!. Mutation is a tale of demented sex in a
post-nuke world by Forte and J.C. Wong. Royal McGraw and Adauto Silva
invoke Feast, after the zombie apocalypse, cities have been
rebuilt… and restaurants have opened. One chef must prepare a very special
meal. Comics from a cast of international talent that includes: In The Green Fairy, by Jason Paulos (EEEK!), Struggling artist Anton
Goffroy finds heaven and hell in the arms of a mysterious sorceress!, Swamp Girl takes us back to a barbarian
era where a young girl finds more than she’s looking for in a watery hole of
horrors, by Frank Forte and Fabio Nahon, , Warlash
by Nenad Gucunja (Undead Evil), Sacro
Profano by Mirka and Mother by Mark
Covell (Family Guy, Satan’s Circus of Hell). Gallery sections include
concept artist Ben Olson (The Suffering,
Area 51:Blacksite) and fine artist Dave Lebow (La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Dexter TV series). This issue is
sure to please fans of the dark, the psychotic and the horror. Beautiful cover art by none other than the
U.K.'s own Aly Fell (Zombie Terrors,
Imagine FX).

“I’m excited to have been able to put together one of my
favorite magazines,” explains guest editor Frank Forte, “everyone worked really
heard to deliver an issue of Heavy Metal that will be sure to please fans old
and new.”

David Hartman took a break from directing Phantasm V: Ravager to
complete an all-new 4-page horror story entitled Pond Scum for the issue. David says, "I grew up with Heavy
Metal. I would study the art in them for hours upon hours and there was nothing
else like it out there. It was a big part of my childhood and I am honored to
be a part of the magazine now."

Dwayne Harris, who recently optioned his graphic novel Amnesia
(Arcana) to Sony, completed the short story Dangerous Curves for this issue. Dwayne explains, “I’m thrilled to be in Heavy
Metal. In "Dangerous Curves", a Mad-Max flavored story, the twists aren't
just in the road.”

When asked for a quote, the hard working Steve Mannion said
only, “I want to be in that book!”

Heavy Metal #271 can be pre-ordered at your local comic store
during the month of August. Just use Diamond Ordercode: AUG141519. The issue
will be on sale at newsstands early Oct. 2014.

World's
foremost adult fantasy illustrated magazine.First published in 1977, Heavy Metal, the Premier Adult Illustrated
Fantasy Magazine, explores fantastic and surrealistic worlds, past present and
future. Illustrators from around the world take you to places you never dreamed
existed.Heavy Metal magazine is now
published six times per year. Most issues feature one serialized graphic novel,
several short stories, an artist gallery and artist studio section, a dossier
and editorial pages.

Asylum Press is a Los
Angeles-based comic book and graphic novel publisher. The company publishes
high-concept books from the industry’s top talent within the horror, fantasy,
and action adventure genres via a bold new business model that focuses on
digital publishing and new distribution outlets in both the American and
international markets. Its flagship titles include Fearless Dawn, The Bomb, Chopper, Black Powder, Warlash,
and the popular horror anthologies Zombie
Terrors, EEEK!, Asylum of Horrors, and Satan’s 3-Ring Circus of Hell. For more
information, visit http://www.asylumpress.com.

About Me

Frank Forte is an accomplished designer, storyboard artist and comic book artist. He has worked in animation for feature films, TV and gaming. Some of the shows Frank has worked on include: Bob's Burgers, Despicable Me 2, LEGO: Star Wars, The Super Hero Squad Show, Marvel Heroes 4D, Lego Hero Factory, Lego Bionicle:The Legend Reborn, HI HI PUFFY AMI YUMI, Re-Animated Pilot (Out of Jimmy’s Head), The Mr. Men Show, Bionicle: The Legend Reborn (DVD-2009), Lego Clutch Powers 4D ride at Legoland and Lego Atlantis. He co-created The Cletus and Floyd Show with Gene McGuckin, a tribute to animation directors Tex Avery, Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones. Robert S. Rhine and Frank Forte created the pilot episode of Sickcom the Animated Series which was sold to Spike and Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival Of Animation in 2003. Frank is also the publisher at Asylum Press (www.asylumpress.com), an indy graphic novel and comic book publisher. Since its inception in 1999, Frank has written, illustrated and published such comics as, The Vampire Verses, Warlash, Fearless Dawn, Billy Boy, The Cletus and Floyd Show.